There’s an interesting discussion on Bee-L about piping (if you don’t know Bee-L you should check it out). In 1964 Harald Esch wrote the following: Harald Esch, 1964: Novices that follow the dancing bees can stop the dancers by eliciting a “Piep-Laut” (piping). A dancer which has already been accepted is attacked if it doesn’t…

Selina Bruckner of the Lopez Uribe Lab spoke to our group on 8/17. She presented the data developed by Robyn Underwood and others evaluating three somewhat typical approaches to keeping bees. This excellent research identified distinct families of beekeeping practice that can be evaluated based on measurable outcomes. Organic management, which I would say is…